Humidity in Mexico,California and Cremona

[John Cadd]

Which is the ODD ONE OUT? California! How perverse is that? All those nice people in California who like to play guitar and a climate PERZACTLY the opposite to what they need.Sea on one side,mmm nice,but what`s this! A desert on the other side.Who`s organised that?Do`nt forget Cremona ,next to a river .Also has very high humidity .That`s what Mr Wiki tells us .Also Mexico (Paracho anyway).High humidity.It`s not their fault if your guitar goes off like a fiecracker when you sit down for your tea and you wonder if the war`s just started.Food for thought there .Think about it ------A new line in watches."Have you got the humidity on you mate"Remember this last thing before you go to sleep tonight.Get yourself a humidifier.California --Aweapon of mass guitar destruction.

[FRANK]

I MUST SAY YOU SIR ARE WRONG ABOUT HUMIDITY CA IS THE BEST FOR BUILDING IT GOES ON 12 MONTHS A YEAR WITH A SIMPLE SHOP HEATER IN THE WINTER AND A FAN IN THE SUMMER PHOENIX SUCKS TALK ABOUT SWAMP COOLERS YEAR ROUND SEE THE THING ABOUT THE SEA WAS WRONG ITS THE PACIFIC OCEAN DUDE THE HUMIDITY AT THE BEACH IS LIKE NOTHING COMPARED TO FLORIDA WHICH IS HUMID AS HELL AND MAY CAUSE MOLDING HERE ITS NOTHING LIKE THAT AND THE NEAREST DESERT FROM THAT I WOULD CALL THE DESERT IS LIKE 8 HOURS AWAY FROM JUST ABOUT ANY HIGHLY POPULATED AREAS BUT ORIGINALLY CA WAS LIKE 70% DESERT WITH LOW HUMIDITY BUT HERE WE HAVE GREEN GRASS ALL YEAR LONG AND TREES EVERYWHERE NOT TO MENTION AQUA DUCTS FARM LAND AND PLENTY OF WATER CA IS THE BEST CAUSE LOOK MY BODY LIKES THE WEATHER 90% OF THE TIME SO SHOULD MY GUITAR TADAH MEXICO IS NEAR THE EQUATOR WHICH IS Y ITS HOT AND HUMID SILLY

[John Cadd]

Hi Paul I was being a bit saucy about the climate,but you are quite right about making guitars there.The problem comes if you bring a guitar in from a damper climate.It`s like having a fizzy drink before you go up in a plane .All sorts of funny things start to happen when the pressure changes.But I had a look at wikipedia and you have micro-climates too.That must give you a few headaches.You have the best climate for humans though as your skin loses the moisture .I recently found a lot of my ancestors in the historical archive in the CALIFORNIA ROOM.There is an aural testimony by one pioneer who says when they came across from New York to California all their furniture fell to pieces and the grandfather clock never ran right again.She didn`t mention if they had a guitar tho.I`m quite new to e mails---less than a month .It`s good fun .Thanks for your message.Mind the Pandemic over there.Fingers crossed for you.

[FRANK]

I AM SURE HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THEY HAD TO CROSS BUMPY ALL THE WAY NO ROADS WELL I AM SURE MY TEETH WOULD HAVE RATTLED OUT BY THE TIME I HIT THE WEST COAST ALSO GREAT PLAINS THE ROCKIES YOSEMITE YELLOW STONE NEVADA THAT IS Y THERE THINGS FEEL APART NO CLIMATE CONTROL WOW GREAT PEOPLE WERNT THEY AND THE PANDEMIC IS NOT A PANDEMIC YET AND I AM NOT REALLY WORRIED EITHER I GO TO HEAVEN AFTER THIS LIFE BUT IT HAS TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO NEW ZEALEND AND WITH WORLD WIDE TRAFFIC I AM SURE IT WILL ARRIVE EVERYWHERE IT WANTS TO GO THE GREAT PLAINS THE ROCKIES YOSEMITE YELLOW STONE NEVADA THAT IS Y THERE THINGS FEEL APART NO CLIMATE CONTROL WOW GREAT PEOPLE WERNT THEY

[Tom Krebs]

I live in Los Angeles. I do guitar repair. My understanding is that a properly built guitar can take on more moisture than it can lose. Their are many fine makers up and down the state in many climate zones. Its a big place. I also see a bunch of guitars etc. from Paracho. They range in quality, but I haven't had one explode yet.

[John Cadd]

To tom krebs and paul Thanks for the chat about humidity.If you ever read the life story of JASCHA HEIFETZ he lived on the West Coast and used to keep his best violin in a glass front cabinet on one shelf and on the shelf below was a saucer of water,and the door was left ajar.So there we are ,that`s the answer.Or get along and pick up a humidifier .As one joker at school used to say---Blessings on your cooking pot and on your waterhole!Cheers.